Trunking support



Sept. 3, 1929. B. A. LUNDY TBUNKING} SUPPORT Filed May 31, 3.928

INVENTOR.

BEI/ERA) A. Z(//VDK Patentei Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED S1A'1ES BEVERLY A. LUJEDY, OF'

LARCIIIIGNT, NEW YORK.

Applicaton file 1 Iliay 31,

Ths inventon relates to a support and particumly a support for trackway structures and more espeoally thai: trackway structure known as a trunking.

The princpal object of ibis nventon s che provison of' a devoe 01 the kind specified whch Will be inexpensve O manufacture, constructed 0f rea.dy obtanable mate- 1ials, easy to assemble, reasonably durable in use and particularly eflcient O1 ts purpose.

Other objects end advantages Wl1 appear as the description of the particular physcal embodment selecued t0 illustrate the nven ton progresses, and the novel features 01' the nvention W111 be part-cularly pointed out in the appenced c1aims.

In descrbing che nventon in detail, and the partcular physical embodiment seleced t0 illustrate che nvention, referenee s had to the accompanyng drawng, wheren has been illustrated a particular preferred physca1 embodiment of the nvention, and wherein lke characters of reference designating corresponding parts throughout the several vews, and in which:

Figure 1, s a sde elevational vew illustratng my new devce in use for supporting trunking; Fg, 2, s a, top plan view of the devce as llustrated by Fig. 1; Fig. 3, s a cross sectonal vew on the plane indcated by the line III-III of Fig. 1 vewed in the direction of the arrows at the ends of the lnes.

In the drawngs, 1 desgnates a member preferably of metal Wheh has Che form, in part, of a channel, the sde walls, as shown in Fig. 2, beng desgnated 2 and 3, and the bottom wall beng designated 4. In additon to the channel shape, the member 1 also includes end exhbts flanges es 5 and 6, best shown in 2. The whole member 1 Will be called a fianged channel shaped member. Ths fianged channel shaped member, s the preferred form 0 ths partcular part of the invention, although t s not intended to exclude other well known and approprately shaped members sutable for the purpose f01 wbieh member 1 s used.

The flanged channel shaped member 1 in use is drven or otherwse suitably nsert-ed into the ground. A ground line beng indicated at 7 in Figs. 1 and 8. To faclitate driving member 1, che lower en'd s tapered as shown at 8 and 9.

On the top of member 1, a plate 10 s pos1 19533. Seria}. No. 281,815.

toned. Ths plzzte 10 is made 01'' farly highly resstance nmteral preferaby metal and is exensive enough ;o afford un ample bearng f0 a member resfng thereon. The p1ace 10 s ormed wth un orlfice at 11 for the reception of the body o hook bo1t to be herenaxer more fully descrbed.

U'pon the plate 10 is postoned a bloek 12. Ths block 12 is orficed at 13 and has a cavity formed theren at 14. Tbe orifice 13 connects with the cavity 14 and the or.1ee 13 is adapted for the reception of' the body of a 11001: bolt to be herenafter deserbed. The b1ock 12 s o1med of a ar1y readly penetmble materia1, that is, a materiel nto whch nals may be d1iven 01 what are known as wood screws reac1y inserted and 15 prefembly made of wood.

In order c-o v.nte the bloek 12, the plat-e 10 and the flanged channel shaped member 1, a hook bolt 15 15 empoyed. This hook bot 15 passes through un orfice 16 in the bottom wall 41 of the fianged channel shaped member 1 and engages wth that botom wal1, as best shown in Fig. 8. The body of the book bolt 15, passes through the orfice 11 in tbe plate 10, and the orfice 13 in tbe block 12. The upper end of the book bolt 15 s threaded end a nut s screwed thereon. A wash-er 17 is, in accordance wth the Well known practce, postoned between the nut 18 and the 01001: 10. By screwing the nut ente the book bo1t 15, 2111 of the pants are brought fiimly togetner, so that they become practca1y as rgd as 2L one pece structure.

As the block 10 s prefembly made of Wood, nals 19 and 20 are driven theren from opposte sdes, as best shown in Figure 2, in order to prevent the block 2 from splting.

VVhen che member 1 s nserted in the ground, the ground lino being indicated at 7 in Fig. 1, and the p1ate 10 and the b1ock 12 placed the1eon and secured in poston by the hook bolt 15, then che devce s in pos ton end in condition to acs as a support. In the drawngs, the device is indcated as supporting a trunking 21 Wh0h s lustraced as an ordinary and well known wire trunking used in railway signaling. This trunking may be attached to the bock 10 by any of the well known methods as she block 10 s made of 'arly readily penetrable materal so that ordnary nals or wood screws may be used.

Although I have particularly descrbed che construction of one physcal embocliment of my nvention, and explained the operaton and princpal thereof, nevertheless, I desre to have t understood that the forms selectecl s merely illustrative but does not exhaust che possble physcal embodiment of the idea, of means underlying my nventon. What I clam as new and c1esre ho secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a trunkng support, in combination: a flanged channel shaped member forma-2d Wifih un oifice in the bottom W2LU Of che channel; a fiat pate formed with an orifice postoned on one end 0J' the sad member; a bock of' fairly readily penetrable materal formed wth a cavity and a connecting orifice and a hook bolt havng che hook of the bolt passing through the orfice in che channel and .engaging the bottom wall thereof and havng the body of the bolt passng through the orfice in the sad plate and in the said block and a nut engagng the hook bolt withn the sad cavty.

2. In a, trunkng support, in combnaton: a block of fairly readly penetrable materal formed wth a, cavity and an orifice opening into the cavity; a metal platea formecl wth un 0rfice beneath che block and postioned thereaganst; a hook bolt passing thr ugh the said orfices and havng a nut thereon resting in the said cavty and a member abut-tng the sad plate and formed wth an orfice for the reception of the hook of the bolt.

BEVERLY A. LNDY. 

